Prompt #1 - Who Are You?

Prompt #1 (September 3, 2013) – Who Are You?

I am: a Canadian, a writer, a reader, a blogger, a teacher, an editor, a photographer, an advocate of human rights.

I am a homeowner, a driver, a sister, an aunt, a great aunt, a friend, a brunette, a Scrabble player.

I am an ex-wife, an ex-screw, an ex-Manitoban, an ex-lover. A traveller, a collector, a lover of nature, a lover of cats, a lover of art.

I am J.M., Joan, Joni, Bridget, Eartha, Jamie. A female, a woman, a watcher, an observer, a natural.

The wording of the question "Who" implies to me, a very literal-minded reader, a noun response. Not adjectives or adverbs. The public exposure of a blog invites positive responses, keeping up the facade, a persona of optimism and positivity, of what is acceptable, expected.

Ideas abducted from reading other posts: I am an introvert, and a Sagittarius.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside awakes. - Carl Jung

I love Carl Jung, but I'm not sure about this one. It would seem that “inside” would need adjectives. I found a great image though. I visited the Book of Kells in May.

My grandfather used to play “Beautiful Dreamer” for grandma on the mandolin. “Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Starlight and dewdrops are awaiting thee . . . ” Stephen Foster